Nathan Berry v. Liberty Holdings, Inc. A/K/A Liberty Ready Mix

WIGGINS, Justice.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether Iowa Code chapter 668 (2007), Iowa’s comparative fault statute, contains a clearly defined and well-recognized public policy of this state limiting an employer’s discretion to discharge an at-will employee. The district court sustained an employer’s motion to dismiss a wrongful discharge claim, where the employee based the wrongful discharge claim on the allegation that the employer discharged him for filing a personal injury lawsuit against a company under common ownership with his employer. Our court of appeals reversed. Because…